SIX MARRIED MAN AND A CORSET.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 4542, 4 December 1889, Page 4

SIX MARRIED MAN AND A CORSET.

At this jaoctnro th 9 coroner deaired to abow tbe jury the direction taken by the bal', and for this purpose produced the corset worn by Mr* Bnrkbart at tho time of the tragedy. "Yon see," said ho—ard bore be drevr tbe oreet srooud his waist with tbe lace in fron',—" the hall mnit have gone Id from behind. No, (hat can't be, either, for the doctor siys it went in in front. C mfouodit, I've got t) e tblcg on wrong. Ah! this way." (Hero the coroner pat on the corset upside down). "Now, you see (pointiog to the hole In tho garment, which reared upon his hip), the ball muit have gone in here. No. that cau'c be either, for—'' Hsre Mr Matter, the handsome man on tbe jaiy broke in. "Dr Stillman," 'said hj", "yon'va got tbat corset on I wrong." Here D.-S-illman blnahed like » peony. "Well," said he, "Fve been married twice, and I ought to know how to rig a corset." " Y»b," s3id Mr Mather, " bat yon don't. Yoa had it right at first. The strings go in front and the Udiea clasp them tcgether at the back. Don't I know ? I thing I ought to. I have been married. If yon doubt it, look here (pointiog to (he fulness at the top). How ao yon supposed that's a goii.g to be filled np unless yea put it on ns I suggest 1" "That?" crLc Mr "Why, that goes over the hips." "No, It don't," said Mr Mather, " that fukeia goes somewhere o!se—this way," and Mr Mathtr Indicated whero be thooght the fullness ought to eo. Here another jaryman d : a:ovcrod tbat DrS:illmin had tbe corjet on bottcm side op. "Doctor," said he, "pnt it on the the other way." The doctor put it cn in reverse order, with tba lacai in front. This brought the ballet holea dlreo'.'y ever the tail of his coat. "I don't thiDk," said Mr Mather, "the fcalltt weat in there,doctor." "I don't tbiok it did," was the reply. "Confound it, it's mighty fanny—six married men in this room, and no one knows bow to put on a womau's corset." —New York Son.